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Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over "iPad" Name

Posted by timothy on from the walt-disney's-lesson dept.

gyrogeerloose writes "In an event eerily reminiscent of Cisco's suit over Apple's use of the 'iPhone' name, Japanese firm Fujitsu is consulting its attorneys in preparation for going to court over Apple's use of 'iPad' for its latest computing device. Quoted in a New York Times story, Masahiro Yamane, director of Fujitsu's public relations division, said 'It's our understanding that the name is ours.' Fujitsu's application to trademark the iPad name stalled because of an earlier filing by another company and the US Patent and Trademark Office listed Fujitsu's application as abandoned in early 2009, but the company revived its application in June. Apple, which has applied for an international trademark on 'iPad' through a proxy company, has filed a number of requests with the US Patent Office for more time to oppose Fujitsu's application."

38 of 367 comments (clear)

  1. welp by poetmatt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ipad as a name is about as bad as it can get for apple, due to all the jokes and the SNL skit. Is itablet also trademarked?

    1. Re:welp by adisakp · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ipad as a name is about as bad as it can get for apple, due to all the jokes and the SNL skit. Is itablet also trademarked?

      It's actually a MAD TV Skit

    2. Re:welp by clone53421 · · Score: 2, Funny

      IBM’s Thinkpad sounds like an intelligent choice and a good product. Mac’s iPad sounds like...

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      Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
    3. Re:welp by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 4, Funny

      News at 11: Not everyone finds the same things funny.
      Up next: Do different people prefer different colors?

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    4. Re:welp by kaffiene · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just wondering... has it ever occurred to you that you might be a geek?

    5. Re:welp by dakameleon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Twitter can be used as a sort of meta-aggregate. I can subscribe to the EFF, slashdot, techdirt, boing boing, michael geist, etc. and get all the headlines on one page, rather than navigating through several different websites. when something sounds interesting, I click it and go straight to the article. It is a time saver.

      Back in my day, we had to use these rickety old things RSS Readers, and we liked it. Ah, how I miss 2008.

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      Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
    6. Re:welp by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

      "because men fear menstruation more than death"

      Yeah right, just like beards scare the shit out of women....

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    7. Re:welp by stjobe · · Score: 2, Funny

      What if they put on their wizard's robe and hat?

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      "Total destruction the only solution" - Bob Marley
  2. Really now guys... by Rewind · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to let you two know, but... well, that name is terrible. Then again iPod and Walkman didn't exactly sound great when they first came out either. WAIT! Maybe that is the secret of good marketing! A terrible name. Quickly to the iInventadrome!

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  3. Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

    1. Re:Better name by odin84gk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or skip G3 and use WiMax, so you can get the WiMax iPad

    2. Re:Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

      It can be done. It will require some adjustments to their accounting. They may have to wait for their next period. Then again, you never know if it's that time of the month of their cycle and they can make adjustments the books without bleeding red. The shareholders would be quite crabby if their earnings don't flow as usual.

    3. Re:Better name by harmonise · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apple should call it "MacsiPad" instead to both avoid a lawsuit and appeal to female consumers.

      Here's the first commercial for it.

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    4. Re:Better name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...and this is why slash dotters don't have girlfriends.

      no. I dont have girlfriends because my wife wont let me.

    5. Re:Better name by clone53421 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe your keyboard needs an absorbent layer for extra protection.

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  4. Moses has dibs on the Tablet... by genghisjahn · · Score: 5, Funny

    As in stone tablets for all you FSM heretics that never went to Sunday school. However, even with a young earth, it should have entered the public domain by now.

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    1. Re:Moses has dibs on the Tablet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Moses didn't go to Sunday School either, he kept Sabbath. Sunday Heretics hmmmph

      Ozzy Sabbath, or Dio Sabbath?

    2. Re:Moses has dibs on the Tablet... by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think Mosses "lost it" when he started talking to a bushfire.

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  5. Apple please change the name... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think I'm manly enough to appear in public with the iPad for Women. In fact, I might sue Apple for reminding me of my childhood trauma of being dragged into that particular aisle of the grocery store by my mother.

    1. Re:Apple please change the name... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm sure there are some husbands who find it sexy to go after their wives iPad with a pair of pliers.

    2. Re:Apple please change the name... by Kral_Blbec · · Score: 5, Funny

      You are really worried about appearing manly while using an Apple product? Kind of a lost cause at that point anyway.

    3. Re:Apple please change the name... by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It's a win-win."

      Until you roll over in bed some morning and wonder what the hell that sticky red stuff is on your face.

    4. Re:Apple please change the name... by drkim · · Score: 2, Funny

      Right on Nimey!!

      And some of us are mature and secure enough in our raw, testosterone-gushing, brutal, masculinity to not give a shit if someone sees us out in public carrying a purse full of tampons and pads, while wearing a chiffon tiered, floral print, summer dress with a crisp white cotton bandeau and delicate lace trim. That's how gawdamm masculine we are!!

      ...or is that TMI?

  6. Where's the problem? by Elbart · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Change your tablet's name. Not that big of a deal. Michiyoshi Mazuka Sent from some sending device."

  7. Mom?! Is That You?? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many times has dad told you that you mustn't drink and post on slashdot...?

  8. iFlatThingWithoutAKeyboard by jgagnon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that name is available.

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    1. Re:iFlatThingWithoutAKeyboard by Firedog · · Score: 2, Funny

      Personally, I would go with iPad Maxi. And I do mean personally. If, that is, I didn't have a Y chromosome.

    2. Re:iFlatThingWithoutAKeyboard by ELitwin · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think "iPaidTooMuch" would be available also.

    3. Re:iFlatThingWithoutAKeyboard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      iDiot should be too available

  9. iCandy by macintard · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about they just label all of their products iCandy?

  10. Re:Double trademark trolls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It also makes more sense for intel to use it considering their name beings with that letter.

    I don't even want to know what the iBM is.

  11. Re:Eerily? by Tetsujin · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's nothing eerie about this situation.

    Well, there wouldn't be anything eerie about Fujitsu's lawsuit, except that their lawyer is a ghost pirate representing the Haunted Amusement Park lawfirm...

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  12. How about the... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... iThink500DollarsIsFarTooExpensiveForSomethingSoLockedDown.

    Or are we using that one for Apple's mobile telephone thingy?

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  13. Re:Am I the only one? by Camann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, iPoop is coming out.

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  14. Star Trek by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fujitsu? Heck, I'm still waiting for the lawsuit from Paramount/CBS.

  15. Crowdsourcing new name by KumquatOfSolace · · Score: 3, Funny

    iScry
    iPon
    iBigger
    iViddy
    iDiddy
    iWantOne
    iCantBelieveItsNotActuallyUsefulForAnything
    iDroppedItLikeTwoDaysAfterIBoughtIt
    iThinkItLooksGreatOnMyCoffeeTable
    iBoughtANewCoffeeTableJustForIt

  16. LIES! by maliqua · · Score: 2, Funny

    apple would never infringe on someone else's patent

  17. Re:There are lots of appropriate names available by scdeimos · · Score: 2, Funny

    iPaid, iPedo, iPiss, iPoor, iPuke, iScab, iShit, iSlug, iSpit, iSuck, ...

    I can't believe you missed iPood ... there's even a T-Shirt!